Blaine Stake

Boundaries of stake: Sants residing in parts of Blaine, Camas, Gooding, Jerome and Lincoln counties, Idaho, namely, Carey and Gannett wards in Blaine County, the Gooding and Wendell wards in Gooding County, the Jerome Ward in Jerome County, and the Manard Ward in Camas County. It also includes the Fairfield Branch in Camas County, the Hagerman Branch in Gooding County, and the Richfield Branch in Lincoln County.

Area of the County: The southeastern part of the/then Boise Stake of Zion.

Headquarters in (town): Carey, Idaho

History Timeline up to about 1930

This timeline (arranged by year) includes events that affected records, record-keeping, and movements of Mormons in this area.

1919 - Aug. 3, 1919, the Latter-day Saints residing in the southeastern part of that Boise stake were organized as the Blaine Stake.

1924 - In 1924 the Minidoka Stake was organized by taking from Blaine Stake the following wards and branches: Acequia, Heyburn, Paul, Rupert 1st and Rupert 2nd wards; also the Eden, Emerson and Hazelton branches.

1924 - Carey, Gannett, Gooding,Hagerman and Richfield

Other History Resources
Many wards or branches appointed members to compile a history. Copies may be in the ward library or in homes of members. Some contain biographical sketches of members of the ward at the time of compilation.

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Wards and Branches

Carey and Gannett wards in Blaine County, Idaho
Gooding and Wendell wards in Gooding County, Idaho
Jerome Ward in Jerome County, Idaho
Manard Ward in Camas County, Idaho
Fairfield Branch in Camas County, Idaho
Hagerman Branch in Gooding County, Idaho
Richfield Branch in Lincoln County, Idaho

Carey Ward (Blaine County, Idaho)

Boundaries: CAREY WARD, Blaine Stake, Blaine Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in Little Wood River Valley. Carey is 18 miles east of Picabo, a station on the Wood River branch of the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and 40 miles northeast of the Shoshone on the main line of the same railroad.

History timeline

1885 - Post Office built and named

1913 - Blaine Ward, which had contained all the Latter-day Saints residing in Blaine and Lincoln counties, Idaho, was disorganized.

1913 - The aints residing in Little Wood River Valley were organized as the Carey Ward.

1919 - Carey, when first organized, belonged to the Boise Stake, but became part of the Blaine Stake in 1919.